Herbs, matted, seemingly scapose, 0.01-0.05 × (0.5-)0.7-1.5 dm, pilose, greenish. Stems matted, with persistent leaf bases, up to 1/ 5 height of plant; caudex stems matted; aerial flowering stems absent. Leaves basal, fasciculate in terminal tufts, or cauline, 1 per node, sheathing entire length of stem; petiole absent; blade oblanceolate, 0.1-0.4(-0.6) × 0.09-0.12 cm, pilose on both surfaces, margins revolute. Inflorescences capitate, 0.4-0.8 cm; branches absent; bracts absent. Peduncles absent. Involucres 1 per node, campanulate, 2.5-3.5 × 3-4 mm, rigid, villous; teeth 4, erect to spreading, 1-1.5 mm. Flowers 2-2.5(-3) mm; perianth pale yellow to yellow, pilose; tepals connate proximal 3, monomorphic, narrowly ovate; stamens exserted, 1.5-2 mm; filaments glabrous. Achenes light brown, 1.8-2.3 mm, glabrous.
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